Adelyn Bushnell

Adelyn Bushnell Bradford (September 29, 1889 – September 1, 1953) was an American stage actress, playwright, novelist and radio script writer. She was also once a member of the Jefferson Theater Stock Company in Portland.

Early years Bushnell was born in Thomaston, Maine in 1889. She was home-schooled until she entered high school. In 1908, she graduated from Thomaston High School and enrolled in the Leland Powers School in Boston. She continued to act in regional stock productions until 1926, when loss of her voice led her to focus on writing. At the time of her death, she was writing a fifth novel: Drugstore.

Personal life and death Bushnell divorced William E. Boyden in 1920. She married her fourth husband, Marshall Bradford (née Rafael Brunetto), in October 1925. She died in Hollywood on September 1, 1953.